

Music that interposes itself between the loudspeaker and the listener'. Symes argues that 'sleeve notes, like coverĭesigns, act as mediating texts that provide a particular reading of the Minimize any distortion that might flow from transferring between modes of Textual form depends on their capacity to accord with its contents and Occupy a modal universe different from that of the More thorough consideration in his book Setting the Record Straight, notes Terms for these materials include sleeve note, liner note, disc note, orĪlbum note - though the generic term 'programme note' is not 'similar in style to the concert programme notes of the time'. Recordings have attracted less definition, though Simeone observes that they tended initially to be Such that 'The history of the programme note is inevitably entwined with

Relationships articulated through these notes, As Bashford describes it, there is a network of Open-ended relationships with other forms of creativity such asĬomposition, performance, analytical writing and hermeneutics, art andĭesign, advertising, reviewing, broadcasting, and dictionary-writing and other educational work. Nineteenth-century combination of inadequate analytical education and Origins, a situation which Catherine Dale attributes to a Writers on programme notes generally remark on their distinctively British Significant contribution to the delineation of high musical culture' in Shaping listening practices', and thus she claims that they made 'a The historical role of programme notes, for Bashford, was 'in developing music appreciation and in Intended to inform the listener about the music to be performed'. Live concert performances have been defined by Christina Bashford as 'printed words addressed to audiences', sometimes 'accompanied by thematic material printed in music type' Īnd by Nigel Simeone as 'a written commentary Notes trying to accomplish? These are some of the questions I'm hoping to Of written materials? And what ideological work are the writers of sleeve Interpretative choices made by the performer and those conjured upīy the writer? Do successive sleeve notes for the same work have aĭiachronic connection with each other, or any interaction with other types Writings on the cover and the sonic contents, however, are still open to The performance - guide them through it, and impose on them a culturally Intended to introduce listeners to the genre or work - and in some cases, Programme note, also known as a sleeve note or liner note. Music, released in the form of a CD, cassette, or record, carry a
